[Mailman-Developers] Handling of Return-Path headers

J C Lawrence claw at kanga.nu
Sat Jun 28 13:16:37 EDT 2003


Mailman should remove any Return-Path headers found in the messages it
broadcasts.

I've found that there are a number of MTAs out there that will
_preferentially_ send bounces back to the address found in a Return-Path
header (if there is one in the message) rather than the address listed
in the envelope.  Not good.

Well behaved systems should not generate non-locally delivered messages
with Return-Path headers.  This is an area where Mailman should be
generous in what it accepts and conservative in what it emits.

--
J C Lawrence
---------(*)                Satan, oscillate my metallic sonatas.
claw at kanga.nu               He lived as a devil, eh?
http://www.kanga.nu/~claw/  Evil is a name of a foeman, as I live.



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